1. Idea or question that is lingering after your discussion?
The question that is still bothering me is why no one believed Lefranc or Williams when they spoke up about the true happenings in Africa. What we discussed in our group which did answer this question for me was a) people were worried about losing their status if they spoke up and b) everyone was part of the system. It is not so much the fact that the support given wasn't evidence enough. I am just very disturbed that no one spoke up. Just because it was going to determine someone's status or the fact that no one was strong enough to speak up, someone should have paid more attention to Williams open letter and Lefranc's comments. However, from the text I can understand why no one spoke up against Leopold.
2. Evaluate your small group discussion. What worked well? How can you improve?
I found that all the questions were very similar and our group's discussion did not expand enough beyond the few questions that were brought up. Along with that, not everyone participated. The lap tops were a little distracting and no one was engaged in the discussion. It seemed very forced and we all felt that if there was a discussion leader it would have been a lot better. I think we have a lot to improve on and it starts with people just all being focused on the discussion. It really helps if everyone is involved and willing to participate. Then, it is important to dig deeper than the average response which is what we failed to do today. We answered the questions, but we did not analyze them as much. I think the small discussions will improve when they are graded and lead by a discussion leader.
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